Those recommendations could include ending subsidies to some museums and the Detroit Zoo, closing recreation centers and selling city-owned parking lots, and cutting 1,700 jobs.

Mayor Dave Bing announced earlier this week that the city faces a $45 million cash shortfall by the end of its fiscal year in June. Bing later said he plans to cut 1,000 jobs by February to save $14 million.

He also said union concessions still are necessary to resolve the budget crisis and prevent the state from appointing an emergency manager.